CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata for part time) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG5 3FL |
| Company: | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6230368/186-1225-23-MH-D |
Summary
This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period. This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust.
We welcome all applicants from nursing, social work and other relevant professional backgrounds. Support and induction training is provided to transition to a CAMHS role for those who might have more adult focused training or experience.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative, dynamic and growing multi-disciplinary Community CAMHS based in Nottingham covering from Arnold to East Bridgford as well as City.The children & young people who access our services present with a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties ranging from mild to severe.
You would be joining an established, supportive and hardworking team who are passionate about improving the outcomes for the children, young people and their families/carers. As aCommunity CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner you will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team offering consultation, assessment and evidence-based interventions to children and young people we serve.
You must be a Registered Nurse, Dip SW or equivalent social work qualification (CSS, CQSW, degree in social work), Allied Health Professional registered with the HCPC and accredited by a HCPC recognised body e.g. UKCP/BACP.
Main duties of the Community CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner include:
• Providing mental health assessments and formulations
• Building therapeutic relationships with children and young people and delivering evidence based interventions (including group treatment)
• Care co-ordinating an agreed caseload
• Liaising with and offering consultation to other agencies
• Participating in the enquiries rota
• Contributing to all aspects of positive team functioning
• Contributing to ongoing service innovations and development
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
The Community CAMHS teams are welcoming, friendly and dedicated to supporting the children & young people accessing our services. The teams are busy, supportive and encouraging of new and creative ways to innovate and improve the service we deliver.
• To contribute to the CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) and CAMHS enquiries rota by receiving and reviewing new referrals where required, identifying and managing risk, liaising with other
professionals and providing timely responses
• Observe and adhere to the Community CAMHS Service
Specification, vision, aims and objectives
• Offer clinical assessment and evidence-based intervention
whilst observing current best practice, legislation and
guidance
• Working within the Choice And Partnership Approach
(CAPA) and Children and Young People’s Improved
Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT)
frameworks and principles
• Aim to be innovative and creative in the delivery of
therapeutic intervention/care bundle, and offer psycho education to children, young people and families
• Manage a caseload whilst considering and adhering to
safeguarding policy and procedure and national and local
legislation
• Offer support and supervision to junior colleagues
• Plan and successfully manage smooth transitions where
they are clinically indicated
• Seek support from the Clinical and Operational Leads
where needed, as well as accessing regular clinical and
managerial supervision as per trust policy and professional
registration requirements
• Support peers and colleagues and promote a team working environment
• Ensure suitable risk management and care plans are
formulated for all clinical cases
• Maintain contemporaneous records in alignment with Trust
policy
• Work in partnership with other teams within the
Nottinghamshire and bordering CAMHS Services
• To offer consultation through a range of initiatives to
professionals with an aim of enhancing workforce skills,
knowledge and capacity in recognising emotional/mental
health and well-being needs and undertaking interventions
with children and families to achieve positive outcomes
• To participate in the delivery of a range of training
programmes to multi agency staff in conjunction with the
CAMHS Training Lead
• Support colleagues and stakeholders in tackling stigma
relating to mental health
• Be willing to undertake training relating to the CYP IAPT
agenda and other areas of development as outlined
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
This advert closes on Monday 20 May 2024
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